Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

If you’re feeling worn out or have suddenly lost some weight, your doctor might send you for a blood test. Blood tests are a common way health-care professionals detect, diagnose, and monitor a range ...

Team USA check: United States — 7 gold, 11 silver, 6 bronze (24 total). Note: Some trackers sort by total medals instead of gold-first. This post reflects Reuters medal totals at the time of update, ...

MILAN (KXAN) — More than 2,900 athletes from across the world are competing in the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina, Italy. With 116 medal events in total, KXAN is keeping track of how many medals ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Most people don’t spare a thought for their blood type unless they’re in need of a transfusion — but could yours hold secrets to your health? There are four main blood types: A, B, AB and O.

Over 11,000 bottles of a high blood pressure medication have been recalled for potential cross contamination with another drug. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., based in New Jersey, has voluntarily ...

When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything. Images come in flashes—people and places and stray conversations—and refuse to stop. I see my best friend from ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

Most common blood work costs between $30 and $120 per test. But if you have insurance, you will probably pay less. Office and lab fees might raise the price of testing. The total cost for blood work ...